Decorating

Ours goes up as late as possible and comes down as soon as possible

A lot of our decorations are fresh so if I put up garlands and wreaths too early they look terrible by Christmas day.

Sook - same here!

I also love to drape IVY over pictures to bring in a natural look !

I wish the fairies would come and decorate my whole house! I find it tiresome to do, but of course I love to see my grandchildren's faces when it's done. Just have to find some energy ....

INISH < where do you live I could pop over , I don"t charge a lot !!

All in the *best pahssible taste" eh nonu?

Any grannies who may be dreading Christmas becasue they will be alone and lonely, or because of illness or perhaps because recently bereaved, might care to skip this thread for the next 24 days. to you

^ SOUTRA ^ how very kind , right back at you

DD put hers up today,me I have always put mine up christmass eve . Not this year changing things will be starting 15th . getting things out in the back room,no body is allowed in there but me Help from kids on 21st.Then I will write the clues for the present hunt on christmass afternoon when they come to my house. as this is the last christmass day at home forDSIL for next 4 years ,leaving then to have the main part alone

The were actually for anybody feeling at the thought of Christmas.

You are very gracious Soutra .
not seen your postings before , are you a Newbie ??

My husband's birthday is in December so we don't put the decorations up until after that is over. He doesn't like his birthday to disappear into the festivities.
Our grandchildren are in the Falklands now so this is our first Christmas without them - they usually decorate the tree with us so that will be a bit strange. Still, this year I can have a more sophisticated look! We have seen a Facebook picture of their tree which they put up today. It's huge! Theirs will be a summer Christmas!

I will leave some decorations up - a tiny tree and some tinsel - when I go away for Christmas and maybe augment them a bit for my New Year guests - sister and BiL. Down at 12th Night as is traditional.

What does "right back at you" mean, please?

DO you not watch FRIENDS , seems to mean the same as "same to you"

No, never seen it, but DGD used to watch it a bit. So it's just an Americanism, then.